Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 30, 2017
The only people who do not make mistakes are people who do not do anything.
Said by
Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Quoting Nixon to highlight the inevitability of mistakes in action.

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